Li Yuheng opened his eyes groggily and saw sparse white claws slashing at his face with lightning speed.
It doesn't hurt; it even feels a bit good.
"Get your deadly claws off my neck when you're awake!"
Li Yuheng then realized that his limbs were still tightly wrapped around Shu Bai, and his dog head was buried in the other's neck.
Instead of loosening his grip, he tightened it a little: "Tsk, what's wrong with a hug? You're so stingy."
Shu Bai stared at Li Yuheng's dog face, which was so close to hers, and bit his nose without hesitation.
"Awooo—!" Li Yuheng jumped up instantly, "Are you fucking a dog?!"
"I'm a cat!" Shu Bai seized the opportunity to break free and dashed towards the door without looking back. "Goodbye, stupid dog!"
He disappeared around the corner of the stairs in a few leaps.
Li Yuheng covered his nose and jumped up and down: "Why are you running! It's just a hug! It's not like you'll lose a piece of your flesh!"
…
Shu Bai ran all the way to the rooftop before stopping, his chest heaving violently.
He stared at the mottled tiles at his feet and suddenly felt something was wrong.
Why is he running?
What is he panicking about?
Why is it that stupid dog can take advantage of the name of "good brother" to repeatedly push his luck, hugging and cuddling, and even act so self-righteous?
Why should he be so disturbed that he has to flee in panic?
Shu Bai slowly turned around and looked in the direction where Li Yuheng was.
…
afternoon.
"...You said you're going to teach me cat language?" Li Yuheng, who was lying in the sun, looked surprised.
Shu Bai sat in front of Li Yuheng, his cat-like face expressionless.
But the tip of its tail seemed to have its own ideas, swaying slowly from side to side in front of Li Yuheng, drawing a lazy arc.
"Take it or leave it." He said indifferently, as if he were just saying it casually.
Li Yuheng's gaze was involuntarily drawn to the wagging tail, and the dog's head swayed slightly with the rhythm of the wagging.
It has a good rhythm.
What great music is this cat secretly listening to behind his back?
He forced his attention back and grinned slyly: "No way, there's no harm in learning another language."
"But I'm just a little curious. You stinky cat, you're always baring your teeth or showing your claws at me, why did you suddenly decide to teach me cat language? You wouldn't happen to be—"
Li Yuheng suddenly leaned closer, his eyes gleaming: "Trying to please me, huh?"
Shu Bai froze, even its tail instantly suspended in mid-air.
Seeing this, Li Yuheng became even more smug: "Admit it, don't you realize that my good brother is really reliable, and regret being too harsh on me before?"
“…I regret not poisoning you to silence sooner.” Shu Bai squeezed out these words through clenched teeth, his tail stiffly retracting to his side.
"Too late, too late." Li Yuheng shook his head. "Now you realize how good I am, right? Don't you think I'm handsome, powerful, and especially considerate?"
Shu Bai stared at Li Yuheng's smug face, remained silent for two seconds, and then turned around decisively.
“Fine,” he said, his tail stiffly standing up, “I suddenly don’t want to teach anymore.”
"Hey, no, no, no!" Li Yuheng immediately pounced on him, wrapping his two front paws around Shu Bai's waist from behind, clinging to him like a dog. "I was wrong, I was wrong! You're the best! You're the kindest! Please teach me~"
"...Let go of my claws!"
"No way! You promised to teach me, how can you go back on your word? A good brother should keep his promise!"
Shu Bai struggled desperately, trying to shake off the plaster on her body.
Li Yuheng clung to Shu Bai tightly, taking advantage of his size, his gaze fixed on Shu Bai's tail, which was bristling with fur due to his emotional outburst.
The tail was thrashing restlessly from side to side, its fur fluffy and looking incredibly soft to the touch.
Li Yuheng still held Shu Bai's waist with one paw, while the other paw quietly reached for that restless tail.
"...What are you doing?" Shu Bai realized his intention and turned around abruptly.
"Let's study the cat's anatomy," Li Yuheng said with a grin, his paw already precisely gripping the base of the tail, giving it a gentle squeeze. "Why do you cats always have your tails wiggling like that? Doesn't it get tiring?"
The cat froze, completely stunned.
It felt so strange to have my tail grabbed.
Shu Bai felt a strange tingling sensation suddenly surge from his tailbone throughout his body, and his limbs instantly lost strength, making him almost unable to stand.
"Let go!" He managed to squeeze out two words, but his voice had no power whatsoever.
Li Yuheng was studying the texture of the material, squeezing it and kneading it, muttering to himself, "Huh? This thing is quite soft to the touch, not what I expected..."
He was completely oblivious to Shu Bai's unusual trembling and the suppressed snoring.
until--
"Hoo... snort..."
Clear, satisfied snoring sounds emanated uncontrollably from his thin, white throat.
Li Yuheng looked up and realized that Shu Bai's whole body was slightly hunched over, leaning on him for support. His usually cold cat eyes were now covered with a layer of moisture, and his gaze was somewhat unfocused.
Li Yuheng: "???"
He stared at Shu Bai's unfocused cat eyes, his claws still gripping the base of her tail.
That subtle feeling welled up inside me again, like a feather tickling me.
This cat is usually so fierce, it gets all pricked up if you touch it, but now it's purring when I pinch its tail.
Li Yuheng tilted his head and deliberately pinched it lightly again.
The snoring in Shu Bai's throat grew louder.
Li Yuheng blinked twice: "...What's going on? You...enjoyed it?"
Shu Bai suddenly woke up with a start, jolted away from his embrace as if electrocuted, and staggered a few steps before regaining her balance.
"You..." His tail stood stiffly upright, "You're asking for it!"
Li Yuheng looked at his empty paw, feeling a strange sense of loss, but his words still carried a smug tone: "Oh, getting shy now? Who was snoring like a tractor just now?"
"That's a physiological reaction! It's uncontrollable!"
"Okay, okay, it's a physiological reaction. How about... one more time?"
Shu Bai scratched his nose with her claw: "Get lost!"
Li Yuheng covered his nose and jumped away.
He suddenly discovered that beneath the cat's fierce exterior lay something particularly amusing.
“Hey, seriously,” Li Yuheng followed him closely, “you were kind of cute just now.”
Shu Bai paused, turned around and glared at him: "I don't need your opinion."
This time, instead of getting the dog out of trouble, he ended up getting himself into trouble.
The dog was still barking, "I'm going to give my opinion. So fierce and snores so much, what an adorable contrast, bro! A hot commodity!"
Shu Bai: "..."
…
Li Yuheng discovered that teasing Shubai had become the greatest joy in his dog life.
Especially that tail.
He mastered the use of the Shubai start switch without any instruction.
"Hey, you silly cat, take this!" Li Yuheng's claws moved with lightning speed, striking straight at the base of the tail.
Shu Bai suddenly spun around, its tail narrowly grazing Li Yuheng's paw, and glared angrily: "Try touching me again!"
Li Yuheng leaned forward eagerly: "You mean... I can touch it again?"
This stubbornness made Shu Bai sneer in anger: "I think you've got your head stuck in a door, you can't understand good or bad words."
If it were the old Li Yuheng, he would have been arguing fiercely with Shu Bai by now.
But recently, he's been taking some kind of oral communication course, and now Li Yuheng has learned more advanced tactics.
Instead of taking the bait, they misinterpret the situation, focusing on internal skills that leave the opponent speechless.
Li Yuheng immediately put on an extremely sincere face and said in a concerned tone, "So you're worried about my brain health? Don't worry, it's very hard. You can use it to block the door next time you get your head caught."
"Who cares about you! I mean you're hopelessly stupid!"
“Are you worried that I’m too stupid to take care of myself? It’s okay,” Li Yuheng patted Shu Bai’s shoulder generously with his paw, “I still have you, my good brother.”
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